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A leftist activist who fled Russia after facing prosecution over clashes between opposition supporters and police said Friday that the charges against her have been dropped.

MOSCOW, January 10 (RIA Novosti) – A leftist activist who fled Russia after facing prosecution over clashes between opposition supporters and police said Friday that the charges against her have been dropped.

Anastasia Rybachenko, 22, said she was included in the amnesty for suspects and convicts in non-violent crimes approved by parliament last month.

But she is unlikely to return to Russia before mid-March due to legal formalities, she told RIA Novosti by telephone from Germany.